Parenting is hard! One of the most challenging jobs in the world, it requires patience, empathy, and the ability to ...

They say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Children need people around them to provide a safe, healthy ...

No child abuse prevention plan is complete without a plan to reach out to the youth of the church with ...

A program is only effective when it is followed and evaluated. Once you have child abuse response and prevention protocols ...

Learning that a child has been abused while in the church’s care is a stressful situation, making good decisions more ...

More than one out of four people have experienced or are currently experiencing abuse, yet over half of all Protestant ...

Training the adults in the church is a vital step to keeping children safe. At a minimum every person who ...

Boundaries are important and keep people safe. The fence around a power plant is meant to keep people a safe ...

(Taken from virtusonline.org) Examples of appropriate contact with minors for Church programs include, but are not limited to: Verbal praise ...

Children need a safe environment in which they can learn God’s Word. Careful facility design is an important step to ...

This checklist is not exhaustive. It is meant to be a starting point and should be adapted to meet the ...

It is important to recognize the differences when dealing with sexual behavior of young people: “Recognizing and Responding to Developmentally ...

Child abuse does not only affect a child’s body and emotional health. It touches their spiritual health, too. A child ...

At some level we all realize that investigations in real life take longer than they do on television. Yet, parents ...

Some abuse is only discovered when a child talks to his or her parent about what happened. Hearing this in ...

Many survivors of childhood abuse report feelings of being alone in the world, that no one can understand them. These ...

Survivors of trauma, whether childhood abuse, sexual assault, or domestic abuse, share a belief that the abuse was their fault ...

People who have experienced trauma may experience flashbacks in their everyday lives. Flashbacks can be intense and bring back the ...

Experiencing a sudden onset of the feelings and emotions that you felt during an abusive situation is a common experience ...

10 steps to becoming a safer church for kids ...

Choosing a counselor should not be difficult. Here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting yours ...

Choosing a counselor should not be difficult. Here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting yours ...

Used with permission, this article by Victor Vieth from Jacob’s Hope reviews the ten stages of developing an effective child ...

Examining ten lessons from Henry Gerecke on how to minister to adult sex offenders ...

Counselors and theologians failing to understand the dynamics of child sexual abuse cases often apply the concept of law and ...

A pastor is counseling a couple in his congregation. In the course of the session it’s revealed that the husband ...

There are numerous federal and state laws that define child abuse and neglect. In determining whether or not a specific ...

Parents, grandparents and other caretakers often have many questions about speaking to their children about abuse and in otherwise keeping ...

Using the writings of Martin Luther and C.F.W. Walther, this article outlines a Christian approach to ministering to victims and ...